A very important experiment was carried out in 1889, when Sir J. J. Thomson devised a method of finding the specific inductive capacity of different substances for very rapidly alternating ...

The Geiger-Marsden experiment, also called the gold foil experiment, gave physicists their first view of the structure of the atomic nucleus. ... J.J. Thomson model of the atom.

Check out this awesome experiment that shows how J J Thomson began proving the existence of the electron. Thomson did this in 1897, despite the notable difficulty of electrons being much, much too ...